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DIAMONDS

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“Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.” “Diamonds are forever.”

“Diamonds in the rough.” Whatever you say about these precious gems, you can’t deny they are desirable! Tidbits has all the dirt on diamonds this week – read along and see!

• The word “diamond” has its origins in the Greek language from the word Adamas, which translates “unconquerable and indestructible.” The Greeks believed them to be splinters of stars that had fallen to Earth and believed diamonds promoted strength, invincibility, and courage to those who wore them.

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DIAMONDS (continued): • Although diamonds are 58 times harder than the next hardest mineral on Earth, they are quite brittle and can be shattered by the single blow of a hammer. And if a diamond is placed in an oven at a temperature of 1405° F (763° C), it will disappear without leaving so much as an ash behind.

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Diamonds were first discovered in India, but most diamond deposits are found in Africa and Russia. There are significant deposits in Brazil, Australia, and Canada, and in a few U.S. states, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana.

There’s only one mine in the world where you can be a miner, located at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas, a 37.5-acre ancient volcanic crater. For $7, you can mine all day and keep anything you find. In 1990, one lucky park visitor found a diamond weighing 3.03 carats in the rough.

After cutting, the gem was a perfect 1.09 carat. Don’t get your hopes up, however – gemologists estimate this was a one in a billion occurrence.

• Although less than 1% of diamonds are mined in the U.S., America buys more than half of the world’s total production of quality gems.

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• A diamond’s value is based on the “Four C’s” – carat weight, clarity, color, and cut. A diamond’s carat is not the same as that of gold. Pure gold is considered 24 carats, while one diamond carat is 0.007055 oz.

(200 mg). Not all diamonds are clear. The presence of

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• Diamonds lose about 50% of their original weight during the cutting and polishing process, changing a rough stone into a faceted gem.

One diamond weighing two carats is worth double that of two one-carat diamonds.

About 75% of all diamonds sold worldwide are round cut. Other popular cuts include the football-shaped marquise, the pear cut (which are rounded on one end with a tapering point on the other), and the emerald cut, a rectangular shape with cropped corners.

• Although blue, green, and pink diamonds are extremely rare, they are not the rarest gems. That honor belongs to the pure red ruby. Diamonds themselves aren’t actually rare at all, with thousands mined every year.

• The world’s largest diamond was found in South Africa in 1905. Dubbed the Cullinan, it weighed 3106.75 carats uncut, three times the size of the next largest diamond, the Excelsior, also found in South Africa. The Cullinan was cut into the 530-carat Great Star of Africa and the 317-carat Lesser Star of Africa, along with 104 other diamonds of flawless color and clarity. Today they are all part of the British crown jewels.

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DIAMONDS (continued): • The legendary Hope Diamond is a 45.52-carat deep blue stone famous for a supposed curse upon its owners. Its blue color is attributed to trace amounts of boron and nitrogen within its composition. When exposed to ultraviolet light, it produces a red phosphorescence, a “glow-in-the-dark” effect. The curse alleges that the gem brings tragedy to all who own it or wear it, but it’s likely that the stories were fabricated to heighten the diamond’s mystery and consequently, its value. However, legend has it that two owners committed suicide, another was killed by Russian revolutionists, one murdered by her sweetheart, and another thrown from a precipice. At one point, the gem was in the possession of Marie Antoinette and her husband King Louis XVI, who were guillotined. It’s believed that the Hope Diamond came from a mine in India, and was brought to Paris by a French gem merchant. It currently resides in the Smithsonian Institute, donated by diamond merchant Harry Winston in 1958. The irreplaceable gem is reportedly insured for $250 million. It’s displayed behind a 3-inch-thick (76 mm) bulletproof glass in its own display room.

• It’s become traditional to present one’s intended with a diamond when proposing marriage. This dates back to 1477 when Archduke Maximillian of Austria gifted Mary of Burgundy with a diamond upon their engagement. It’s also customary to wear engagement and wedding rings on the third finger of the left hand. This is because the ancient Egyptians believed that particular finger’s vein ran straight to the heart.

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• The word “library” has its origins in the Latin, the word liber meaning “book.” Humans have long recognized the need for an organized archive of history. The earliest libraries dating back to 2600 BC included papyrus scrolls and clay tablets written in cuneiform script. There was even a library classification system as early as 700 BC. • As French settlers made their way to North America in the 1500s, they brought their personal book collections with them. The first non-personal library was established in Quebec City in 1635 at the Jesuit College. Three years later, clergyman John Harvard bequeathed his 400volume library and half of his estate to the College at New Towne. The college was renamed Harvard College in his honor, and the library’s meager beginnings have grown into the largest academic library and third largest library overall in the United States, with close to 17 million volumes.

For Advertising Information Call 954-667-3237 • In the 17th and 18th centuries, as the quantity of books increased with the advent of printing, there was a considerable increase in the interest of libraries. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin introduced the idea of a “subscription library,” one that shared books among members of a literary society. People could join by purchasing “stock” in the organization, and books were lent only to members.

• The Bodleian Library, the main research center for the University of Oxford, was established in 1602. By 1914, the total number of books in its collections had already passed the one million mark.

• America’s first actual public library was the Boston Public Library which opened its doors in 1854. Today it’s the second largest library in the U.S., second only to the U.S. Library of Congress. Established in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation’s largest library.

Originally housed in the Capitol building, its 30,000 volumes were completely destroyed in August, 1814 when British troops set fire to the Capitol during the War of 1812. Former president Thomas Jefferson immediately offered his personal library of 6,487 books (which he had spent 50 years collecting) for sale as a replacement, and Congress appropriated $23,950 for the purchase.

• Educator and Columbia University librarian Melvil Dewey copyrighted his decimal classification system for books in 1876, a system still used by most libraries. Each category, for example “Philosophy and Psychology,” is assigned a number, which is then divided into subcategories in increments of 10.

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• Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie gave millions of dollars to fund more than 2,500 libraries in 47. U.S. states, 7 Canadian provinces, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the West Indies. Carnegie required that the local communities provide the land and a budget for operation. At the time of his death, Carnegie had already donated $351 million of his fortune – that’s $4.8 billion in today’s money.

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was a fan of boxing, she had studied numerous reference books on the subject, and when the sponsors suggested it as her topic for questions, she readily agreed. Her sharp memory enabled her to answer the most difficult questions accurately. In 1955, she became the second person and first woman to win the $64,000 top prize. The followup program in 1956, The $64,000 Challenge pitted her against experts in the field of boxing, and after answering every question correctly, she nabbed the $70,000 prize money. Her total quiz show earnings of $134,000 made her one of the biggest winners in the history of TV game shows.

• Following her much-publicized success on the quiz shows, Joyce became a popular guest on many TV shows, including a stint as a commentator for a CBS boxing match between Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilia. Joyce was so well-liked by the viewing public that she was offered her own afternoon talk show, one that gave her the chance to use her psychology skills. She fielded questions from the audience, offering advice on relationships, raising children, and other life issues. The program was an immediate success and before long Joyce was receiving 1000+ letters a week. Not only was the show syndicated nationally, within a few months, a latenight show dealing with more “adult” issues was added to her schedule, followed by another live call-in radio program.

• A syndicated newspaper column in 350 newspapers followed, and in 1963, Good Housekeeping magazine began running a monthly column, a feature that continued for over four decades.

• Best-selling books were next on her list of achievements with How to Get Whatever You Want Out of Life, What Every Woman Should Know About Men, and What Every Woman Ought to Know About Love and Marriage.

• In 1989, Joyce was faced with an issue of her own she had to deal with. Her husband of 40 years died of cancer and she was overcome with grief, even to the point of suicidal thoughts. The good that came out of her experience was the 1992 book Widowed, the story of the journey through her despair, and a guide for others coping with the same feelings of loss.

• Now 85 years old, Joyce still occasionally appears as a guest star, guest speaker, and product spokeswoman.

• There are close to 122,000 public and academic libraries in America, with about 8% of that number public libraries. Nearly 170 million Americans are registered borrowers, and they make about 1.6 billion trips to the library each ye

of them across the country. Today there are only about 2,000.

by Samantha Weaver • It was beloved American humorist Will Rogers who made the following sage observation: “Everything is funny as long as it’s happening to somebody else.”

• In 1952, in an otherwise rather uninteresting hockey game, Bill Mosienko, right wing for the Chicago Black Hawks, scored an amazing three goals against the New York Rangers in 21 seconds.

• You probably know that the phrase “rack your brain” means to think hard, but did you ever wonder where the term originated? The rack being referred to is the medieval torture device on which victims were stretched, sometimes until limbs were dislocated. The idea is that when you’re thinking very hard, you’re undergoing a sort of mental torture.

• The venerable diner saw its peak as a place for a casual meal in the late 1940s, when there were around 7,000

• A fully mature oak tree gives off 7 tons of water every day through its leaves.

• Farmers in Turkey marched on both the American and Soviet embassies in 1967, demanding reparations for crops that they lost to floods. Why were the Americans and Soviets to blame for floods in Turkey? The farmers claimed that the flights of spacecraft created “holes in the sky.”

• The idea for the Tooth Fairy seems to have originated in Germany, but the tradition has changed over the years. Instead of putting the tooth under a pillow, Germans used to put the tooth in a rat hole in the hope that the new tooth would grow in to be as strong as the teeth of the rat.

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People who eat meat produce more artery-clogging intestinal byproducts than people who follow vegan and vegetarian diets, according to a new study from the Cleveland Clinic. Researchers followed 2,595 heart patients and categorized them as omnivores, vegans, or vegetarians and found that those who consumed the most carnitine, present in animal products, increased their risk for heart disease by producing more artery-clogging metabolites.

This study lends insight into other components of meat products, besides saturated fat and cholesterol, that may elevate the risk of heart disease.

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Wave #1405 studio n Vu tile flrs.,White Kit. Cabs w/granit cntr. tops $239,900K

Must own condo at ocean Marine Yacht Club to purchase this Cabana $40K

ocean Marine Yacht Club #1809 2/2.5 split plan furnished $459K

Hemisphere Bn-7L studio fully remodeled Porcelin flrs.,stn.stl. pl.,furn. $145K

Listings for saLe: Parker tower #1808 1-1.5 $174,900 Hemisphere os-3e 3-2.5 $437,500 Parker Dorado #603 1-1 $205,000 Hemisphere Bs-21B 1-1.5 219,900 Hemisphere Bn-7K 2-2 $239,900 Hemisphere Bs-11J 2-2 $249,900 Wave #1028 1-1.5 $275K ocean Marine Yacht Club #812 $345K

Wave #336 2-2 $369K Hemisphere os-3a 1-1.5 s Vu $249K Hemisphere os-5a 1-1.5 s Vu $249,900 Hemisphere Bn-15Q 1-1 $175K Hemisphere Bn-8Q 1-1 $155K Hemisphere Bn-4D 1-1 $175K Quadomain Valencia #2301 2-2 $439K Hemisphere Bn-8Q 1-1 $155K Wave #1021 Dir. ocn. Vu 1-1.5 $425K

Wave #439 1-1.5 $240K Listings for rent: Hemisphere Bn-14r 2-2 $2,900 mth Hemisphere os-12Q 3-2.5 $2,500 mth Hemisphere Bs-18e 3-2.5 $2,900 mth Hemisphere Bn-8H studio 2,000 seasonal Wave #838 1-1 $2,500 seasonal Quadomain Catania #2003 2-2 $3,800 mth

Wave 1527 studio $1,500 Wave 1139 1-1.5 $1,900 Hemisphere Bs-22B aval.5/1/13$2,200 Hemisphere Bs-20H 2-2 $2,800 Hemisphere on-20f 2-2 $1,680mth Palmetto towers #2 2-2 $3,000mth Wave #1139 1/1.5 Hemisphere Bn-14Q 1-1 $1,350mth